Crossrail Custom House Station
Custom House, London, UK · 2013-2018 · £35 million (main construction contract)
The judgement call
Account-gated at launchPioneering use of off-site prefabrication and a "kit of parts" approach for rapid and efficient construction. - Demonstrated the benefits of standardisation in station design and construction. - Successful integration with existing DLR services.
Key engineering challenges
Implementing a "kit of parts" solution with prefabricated and standardised structural components. - Construction of an above-ground station for a primarily underground line. - Integration with existing DLR infrastructure, requiring temporary closure. - Achieving rapid construction (built in a year).
Project facts
- Client / owner
- Crossrail Ltd
- Lead contractor
- Laing O'Rourke
- Lead designers
- Allies and Morrison (architects); Arup (engineering, overall Crossrail)
- Project type
- new build
- Scale
- One of ten new stations for the Elizabeth line; only above-ground station in Crossrail's central section; prefabricated and standardised structural components.
- Disciplines
- Civil engineering; structural engineering; architecture; railway engineering; construction management
- Standards & frameworks
- Crossrail project standards; UK building and railway standards.
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